Confirmed occurrence of the eel goby Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Kuantan River estuary, Peninsular Malaysia

Two gobiid specimens collected from the tidal flat in the Kuantan River estuary, east coast of Peninsular Malaysia were identified as Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) based on the morphological characters. The species has been known from Indo-west Pacific...

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Main Authors: Reo Koreeda, Ying G. Seah, Hiroyuki Motomura
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Ying G. Seah
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description Two gobiid specimens collected from the tidal flat in the Kuantan River estuary, east coast of Peninsular Malaysia were identified as Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) based on the morphological characters. The species has been known from Indo-west Pacific; however, previous Malaysian records of “Taenioides gracilis” had been misidentifications of other members of the Taenioides group because of taxonomic confusion with other species of Taenioides. The Kuantan specimens represent the first reliable records of T. gracilis in Malaysia.
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spellingShingle Reo Koreeda
Ying G. Seah
Hiroyuki Motomura
Confirmed occurrence of the eel goby Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Kuantan River estuary, Peninsular Malaysia
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Amblyopinae
COI mt DNA
distribution
South China
title Confirmed occurrence of the eel goby Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Kuantan River estuary, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Confirmed occurrence of the eel goby Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Kuantan River estuary, Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Confirmed occurrence of the eel goby Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Kuantan River estuary, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Confirmed occurrence of the eel goby Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Kuantan River estuary, Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Confirmed occurrence of the eel goby Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Kuantan River estuary, Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort confirmed occurrence of the eel goby taenioides gracilis valenciennes in cuvier amp amp valenciennes 1837 gobiiformes gobiidae from the kuantan river estuary peninsular malaysia
topic Amblyopinae
COI mt DNA
distribution
South China
url https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/150636/download/pdf/
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